CheckMag | Catbox and Pomf.lain.la: Great free anonymous file hosting services that support hotlinking

As detailed in this blog post, pomf.lain.la will be taken offline in March, though it appears the site will go back online eventually. As a different long-term free anonymous file storage solution with hotlinking enabled, you can try qu.ax (up to 256 MB per file) or leopard.hosting.pecon.us (up to 100 MB per file). For short-term storage, try desu.si (up to 15 GB per file).

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Most free file hosting websites that still work in 2026 appear to have a common set of downsides, such as:

• No hotlinking support.
• Sign-up required to upload files.
• File sizes are limited.
• Download speed restrictions apply unless one coughs up cash for a premium account.
• Files get deleted after a comparatively short period of time, such as 3 hours.

This is where Pomf.lain.la and Catbox come in. With Pomf.lain.la, one gets to upload files up to 1 GB in size anonymously that get stored indefinitely unless found to be illegal. The best part is, the file are accessible via a direct, static link.

Catbox.moe offers the same benefits except that the files uploaded must be 200 MB in size or smaller.

The video file below is hosted on Catbox:

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Having a file link that just works - no need to open a separate page, or waste a quarter of a minute dealing with a CAPTCHA challenge - very much can be useful. Free Discord accounts aren't allowed to send files larger than ~10 MB in DMs, for one; quickly uploading the file to desu or uguu will help one get around that limitation.

All the websites listed rely on donations to cover their operating costs.